British Go Association: Junior Pages
Welcome to the BGA Junior pages! Find your way around these pages and see what is new with the site guide. Look at the latest edition of SaY Go, the BGA's junior newsletter, and keep in touch with us by joining the Junior-Go e-mail list. And if you have any suggestions about these pages, please contact Ian Davis, the BGA Junior Website Editor.
If you are a teacher, parent or junior club organiser, please have a look at the information for teachers. If you are a complete beginner, have a look at the rules, and you might like to download the free Go program igowin from Smart Games.
News from the UK Go Challenge
Youth Go Championship Results 2009
Latest Grand Prix scores28 June 2009
UK Go Challenge Results
Exactly 55 players took part in the UK Go challenge this year. The event was held at Milton Community Centre in Cambridge, with sponsorship from Winton Capital Management. In first place was Tian Ren Chen, second was Mazhar Warraich and third was Matthew Hathrell. The main website has the full results.
11 April 2009
Transatlantic Youth Go Match
Youth players from the USA and Canada will take on a team of European Youth Champions on the 19th of April. The matchwill take place on KGS Go Server at 15:00 GMT and 18:00 GMT. The games will be open for all to enjoy.
23 March 2009
BGA Youth Championship
Tian Ren Chen won this year's Youth championship at Aston. Winners of individual sections were, Under-18: Michael Webster Under 16: Mazhar Warraich, Under 12: John Cremin, Under 10: Roella Smith, Under 8: Sophie Broad. Congratulations to them and all who took part. The Complete Results are now available.
8 March 2009
European Championship
Israel's Ali Jabarin is the new European Under 18 Champion, beating Artem Kachanovsky of the Ukraine in the final round.
The Under 12 section was a Russian clean sweep, with Mikhail Sidorenko taking first.
Under 18 results table
Under 12 results table
21 February 2009
Upcoming Tournaments in March.
There are two good tournaments coming up for junior players. Firstly there is Trigantius in Cambridge on
Saturday the 7th of March. This has a special Novices tournament.
Next up is the British Youth Championships in
Birmingham on Sunday the 22nd of March.
15 January 2009
Canada - USA Youth Friendship Match.
The mighty nations of Canada and the USA squared off in a three board friendship game last weekend. The USA team defended their position as favourites well, winning with a perfect 3-0 score. You can find details of the games on the AGA website. Top board was Andy Liu against Gan Sheng Shi, both 7dans. Andy says "the game was a good example of how to build a moyo by attacking." By keeping himself thick throughout the game, his opponent was unable to break into his moyo and left with no choice but to resign.
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